Musicians on recordings; FOTOGRAPH, PARTY TIME/ Jordan Baskin Piano, Julian Smith Bass, Brian Ritter Drums DUKES BLUES/ Bill Mays Piano, Rufus Reid Bass, Matt Wilson Drums,
Dave Liebman Tenor, Ernie Watts Alto, Ed Peterson Tenor, Nick Brignola Baritone
NANCY/ Ron Perillo Piano, John Whitfield Bass, Bob Rummage Drums TRAVELLER/ Jim Ryan Piano, John Whitfield Bass, Bob Rummage Drums, Ron Friedman Fluglehorn
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Bird, Cannonball, Benny Carter, Phil, Riggs, Charlie, Jim, Vincent, Angie....... all my Eb friends...
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Mike can be reached at saxbop@aol.com
A Chicago native, Mike Smith first became enthralled with jazz as an eleven-year-old begining band student. And his dedication to the art form was so great that eight years later he won the coveted Charlie Parker Scholarship to North Texas State University. There Mike earned a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance.
Mike has performed and recorded with many jazz greats, including Nat Adderley, Clark Terry, Art Farmer, Tony Bennett, Jimmy Heath, Natalie Cole, Diane Schuur, Kurt Elling, Nancy Wilson and Frank Sinatra. He is featured as lead altoist on the Harry Connick,Jr. album Come By Me on CBS Sony.
After spending time with the bands of Maynard Ferguson and Buddy Rich, Mike joined Frank Sinatra's core band as lead altoist and music contractor. His stint with Sinatra included television performances and CD recordings. Tours (with performances in Japan, Australia, South America, Europe,and the U.S.) Those years on the road inspired Mike's third recording for Delmark Records, The Traveler. Mike has continued on as the lead altoist for Frank Sinatra Jr., touring Europe and the United States.
In his travels Mike has done numerous radio interviews featured on jazz stations
nationwide.The Mike Smith Quintet has opened the Chicago Jazz Festival, and Mike is a recipient of the Cannonball Adderley Award for Oustanding Alto Saxophonist in Jazz and a winner of a National Endowment for the Arts award. He has received critical acclaim for his album, Sinatra Songbook, which features liner notes by Frank Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Jr. Mike has performed as a guest soloist and lecturer, giving master classes and concerts at the Eastman School of Music, the University of North Texas, the Berklee School of Music, Pepperdine University, the University of Miami, Rutgers and the University of Colorado, Boulder, to name a few. Mike has also performed with the Navy and Air Force bands in Washington, D.C.
Mike is an artist for the Schreiber & Keilwerth instrument company,performing on Keilwerth saxophones. With Keilwerth he is involved with marketing, design, product packaging and artist relations. Mike is also an endorser for Rico Reeds. He has has toured world wide for these companies. He is currently active in the Chicago recording scene, doing national spots for radio and television, Professor of Saxophone at the Chicago College of the performing Arts at Roosevelt University and performing with his group, the Mike Smith Quintet.
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FRANK SINATRA BUDDY RICH 1981 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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Ciao,Mark Thank you for the add and the friendship. you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot, compliments ..really. you are one of my prefeitis, I feel great admiration for you, you are a great really... I hope to listen soon to you, in italy .. all the best.. from italy..and good life.. every day neal
Hey Mike... How are things? Everything is going so far up here on the rock? Just playing golf and music everyday! Hope all is well.... Miss you playing with you cats. Be well, Jeff
Hello Mike, thank you so much for sharing friendship. your music is fantastic!!!!!!!! have all time the sound of inspiration... with best wishes of my heart Rike
Yo yo yo Mike Thank you for friendship and all your grooving music,Thanks for being cool and burning that alto so smooth,you are "Da Shitski" yeah man,peace.
Mike, thanks for the flattering message. I really appreciate it. It was great playing with you last weekend man. You were really smokin'... Everybody was diggin' it. Lookin' forward to many more. OH, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAN...
Ya, last night was one for the books! Not often Mike Smith, Doug Lawrence, Dan Trudell, Joey Defrancesco, George Fludas, and George Bean grace our bandstand all at one time!
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